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8. Transition metal complexes can isomerize double bonds through a metal-allyl mechanism, as we discussed in class. If selectively deuterated 2-methyl-1-pentene (below) is introduced to a metal complex that catalyzes

the isomerization, which carbon atoms in the final mixture of methylpentene products would be expected to have deuterium substituents?

Fig: 1

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